The Texas representative raised a staggering $6.7M in the first quarter of 2018, more than double what he raised in any previous quarter. O'Rourke's campaign said it now has over $8 million on hand, narrowly behind Cruz's reported $8.2 million.

The Texas senator also mocked O'Rourke for his nickname. O'Rourke, who represents the El Paso area, drew a 30 percent to 16 percent favorability rating, with 53 percent of Texas voters surveyed saying they didn't know enough about him to have any opinion. Although Democrats are defending 10 Senate seats in states that President Donald Trump won in 2016, they have a chance to flip Republican-held seats in Tennessee, Nevada and Arizona.

A almost equal amount of Texas voters said they plan to express their support for President Donald Trump (26%) or opposition to him (27%) through their US Senate votes.

Still, Democratic turnout for last month's primaries was the highest it had been since 2002, and the growing Latino population has been slowly shifting Texas to the left.

Men backed Cruz by an 11-point margin (51%-40%), and women favored O'Rourke by a 4-point edge (47%-43%). His campaign strategy consists of visiting all of Texas's 254 counties (he's visited 240 so far) and holding town halls with voters. However, 43 percent of those polled said President Trump would not be an important factor in their U.S. Senate vote. Cruz, a supporter of the wall, has called for tripling border security and ending all paths to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Barrasso said he saw the positive impact of Pruitt's actions late last month as he and Pruitt toured a Wyoming coal mine. Everyone working under Pruitt, and anyone that would replace Pruitt as chief of the EPA, would embody similar policies.

On Saturday , the temperature is forecast to reach 27 degrees before the chance of more snow returns Sunday . Weak cold front sags south through the area bringing a few light rain showers during the late evening hours.

Most soccer moms I know would likely leave private property when asked by police even once. "And that is what we're focused on". Johnson also promised all Starbucks employees will have " unconscious bias " training.

As expected, the focus of Zidane's press duties concerned Madrid's controversial Champions League victory over Juventus. The game looked set for extra-time until Cristiano Ronaldo's stoppage-time penalty gave Real a 4-3 aggregate win.

Police found the bodies of Anthony Fusco and Katie Pladl inside a pickup truck. "He left the baby dead", the caller said. Throughout the time the capturing was reported , police in Knightdale found the physique of the kid, Bennett Pladl.

President Donald Trump has partially rolled back former President Barack Obama's diplomatic opening with the communist island. That adds further tensions as the neighbors, along with Canada, work to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The win made The Bar five-time tag team champions, which is insane given how this tag team started out nearly two years ago. Since he defeated Big Show for the United States Championship at WrestleMania 20 in 2004, Cena has never missed the show.

Netanyahu, who visited Hungary last summer, also thanked the Hungarian leader for his support of Israel in worldwide forums. The left opposition secured the majority of the capital Budapest , but Fidesz swiped the rest of the country.

What makes this story take a freakish turn is that the driver of the vehicle shot and killed himself inside it. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung paper also says the suspect's apartment was being searched for possible explosives.

When the company revealed the change there was uproar, and people were reportedly stockpiling the drink before the tax kicked in. MailOnline has today broken down what the sugar tax means to consumers - calculating roughly how much prices will go up.

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